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Amira

Stradling the Underground and the Ivory Tower since 1978

About Me

"Read some Byron, Shelley and Keats, recited it over a hip hop beat.I'm having trouble saying what I mean with dead poets and drum machines"-
Natasha Bedingfield-"These Words"

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My Interests

Poetry
Music
Photography
Painting

I'd like to meet:


Random survey!
Just the basics.
You must like someone. Who is it?: My boyfriend
Do you like tacos?: Yes
Are you going out with the last person you kissed?: Yes
Do you hand out labels?: Sadly yes
What's your biggest pet peave?: Bad drivers
Favorite song?: See-line Woman by Nina Simone (one at least)
Favorite color?: Green
Who's to the left of you?: No one
Do you like website creating?: Eh it's okay
Who's your top myspace friend?: My sister
why?: Because she's my sister
Who sits next to you in study hall?: umm I'm the professor actually
Are you itchy?: When my allergies act up
This or That.
Pizza Hut or Dominos?: Pizza Hut
TV or movies?: TV
Red Sox or Yankees?: Neither, I hate baseball
Burgers or Hot Dogs?: Burgers
Sandals or FlipFlops?: sandals
Yahoo! or .. AIM
Hairbrush or comb?: I don't use either
Money or love?: Both
Soda or gatorade?: Soda
Everyone has a prized possession. Celly or iPod/MP3?: MP3
CDs or records?: Both, but records for the cover art
JC Penny or Macys?: Neither
What this quiz pointless?: But of course!
What are you gonna do now that you've finished?: Get a snack
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Music:

John Coltrane
The Roots
Radiohead
Nina Simone
Portishead
Miles Davis
Zero 7
De La Soul
J-Live

Movies:

Eat, Drink, Man, Woman
West Side Story
Like Water For Chocolate
Children of Men
The Usual Suspects
Life and Debt
Rabbit Proof Fence
City of God

Television:

I'll watch anything once.

Books:

Another Bullshit Night in Suck City by Nick Flynn
Crush by Richard Siken
The Liar's Club by Mary Karr
The Passion by Jeanette Winterson
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Opened Ground:The Collected Poems of Seamus Heaney
Leaving Saturn by Major Jackson
Disappearing Acts by Terry McMillan
Some Ether by Nick Flynn
Jelly Roll:A Blues by Kevin Young

Heroes:

Those poets who know that writing is passion tainted with craft and refined with love.

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Thought for Today

How do you explain what it feels like to get on the stage and make poetry that you know sinks into the hearts and souls of people who are unable to express it?" -- Nina Simone...
Posted by Amira on Fri, 18 Nov 2005 03:58:00 PST